Any other Christians annoyed at what society has turned Easter into?

[Opol]

I’m resigned that the same has been done to Christmas. But for me that is “only” the birth of Christ.

As a Roman Catholic, Easter is of far more importance to me. For me, God’s love for humanity meant he sacrificed his only son. Jesus’ resurrection is literally the embodiment of the victory of light over darkness, good over evil etc.

I don’t wish to gate keep but seeing it reduced to Easter baskets and chocolate rabbits is unpleasant to witness. I’m more annoyed at society making everything hollow and superficial via consumerism and over consumption.

I’m Catholic, our Parish Priest handed out Chocolate Eggs this morning. The redirection in someone we should be celebrating, so what if we choose to celebrate with Chocolate (and a nice lamb lunch)

This with bells on. And it’s still happening, missionaries who go to places with mass poverty and only ‘help’ if the people convert to Christianity. They take advantage of the most vulnerable even in this country, drug/alcohol addicts in particular.

Never made it that far alas! But maybe cumulatively 😂😂😂

Very interesting! Thank you

This. I am an atheist, Easter is not a religious thing at all to me. Even when I was religious and had faith I really just liked chocolate eggs though...

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OP, I'm not annoyed today. I'm filled with joy and have had a lovely family day (with believers and non-believers). I have followed the journey through Lent and felt very sad on Friday. But today is for celebrating.

I love Jesus and will always be grateful for what He did for us.

I hope everyone is having a chilled out Sunday (whatever you believe)

Easter celebrations are much older than Christianity

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-pagan-roots-of-easter

”As Christianity absorbed pagan spring traditions, the egg was also adapted to become the perfect representation of Jesus’ resurrection; the eggshell symbolising the tomb, whilst the cracking of it representing Jesus’ emergence; life-conquering death.”

Easter is celebrated at this time of year because we can date the time of year that Jesus died, because it was just after Passover-the Last Supper was their Passover feast. That's why Easter Sunday moves, because the Passover is based around the moons. I think some orthodox Christians sometimes celebrate Easter at a different time because there is a disagreement on when exactly Passover would be if it is (for us) really early.

For the Op, I went to Trafalgar Square on Good Friday to watch the Passion being performed to around 20k people over two performances. It was amazing, but also amazing that so many people were there watching, at time almost silently.

You can watch it here if you're interested:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=51uqjgIUlRA

Exactly.

Im not anti any religion, but when Christians start to complain about their losses of religious times it drives me bonkers because they’re always trying to erase other peoples beliefs but can never accept it happening to them.

I'm currently in a hotel, looking forward to a wedding this evening!

I’d rather have a day of eating chocolate than celebrating the resurrection of an imaginary sky man.

Not religious. I tell me kids it's to welcome in the spring and eggs represent new life and new starts

What’s emnhora? Maybe it’s a typo, but now I’m really curious!

Easter basket is madness. Same with Xmas eve box's

Sorry, but this isn’t true. Easter is celebrated now because the Pagans were already celebrating the spring so they attacked their festival, as they did with all their festivals, so older religions celebrations to erode them. It’s a well known historic thing.

I am not telling people Jesus wasn’t born, I would never tell another person their beliefs aren’t true, but he wasn’t born at Christmas. They simply celebrated it then to push out Yule and other such festivities. It is thought he was born many months earlier. Easter is a similar situation.

The boxes are quite fun when you have very small kids. You only get so few years so it's just lovely snuggling up with excitement. Commercial etc but have to say I liked it. Gone beyond all that now.

It’s a typo! It’s meant to say ‘menhirs’. They were stones erected at Pagan sites of workshop and some churchyards still have them standing.

The true meaning of Easter has been lost: it was robbed by Christianity. It's a Pagan celebration of Spring. But I don't hold it against Christians, live and let live.

The pagan festival celebrating spring and new life existed before the Christian celebration. There's room for both - let people enjoy whichever they like!

So rude. None the less, Happy Easter and have a nice day.

OP is RC and Her religion is obviously important in her life. She is entitled to feel it has been taken over by commercialism, which it has.
Easter can be Pagan and RC can’t it?
Im atheist so have affiliation only to myself but I can respect religious ceremonies/beliefs.
Easter isn’t a what it used to be because we have other religions now that are treated as equally important and rightly so.

No religion is more superior than another.

It is mildly irritating, and the persistent modern fantasy that there was a cult of Ostara 'before Easter' (which presumably means before the first Passover, as described ca 600 BC, since Easter is Passover) is odd, but a lot of people don't care about history, and a lot more don't care about religion.

I just get on with doing Easter, which I welcome so much after the rigours of Lent, and ignoring the nonsense. It's the most important moment of the Christian year - I'm a bit sorry for people who miss out on that transformative moment, but that's their choice.

If christians want to observe Easter as primarily a religious occasion, that’s entirely up to them. I don’t share their religion so I have zero interest in any of that. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

It isn’t necessary to be religious, however, to dislike pointless wasteful consumerism, whether an Easter or at any other time of year.

I was shocked when dc were told by their reception teacher that chocolate eggs symbolised the stone rolled from in front of Jesus’ tomb. I mean…. It’s an egg how is that not a fertility symbol?!

No, Easter is not Passover. Passover is a much older festival - it is only associated with Easter because in Christian tradition, the last supper was held on Passover.